Giant non-volatile electric field control of proximity induced magnetism in the spin-orbit semimetal SrIrO3

Abstract

With its potential for drastically reduced operation power of information processing devices, electric field control of magnetism has generated huge research interest. Recently, novel perspectives offered by the inherently large spin-orbit coupling of 5d transition metals have emerged. Here, we demonstrate non-volatile electrical control of the proximity induced magnetism in SrIrO3 based back-gated heterostructures. We report up to a 700 % variation of the anomalous Hall conductivity σ_AHE and Hall angle θ_AHE as function of the applied gate voltage Vg. In contrast, the Curie temperature TC = 100K and magnetic anisotropy of the system remain essentially unaffected by Vg indicating a robust ferromagnetic state in SrIrO3 which strongly hints to gating-induced changes of the anomalous Berry curvature. The electric-field induced ferroelectric-like state of SrTiO3 enables non-volatile switching behavior of σ_AHE and θ_AHE below 60 K. The large tunability of this system, opens new avenues towards efficient electric-field manipulation of magnetism.

arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Advanced Functional Materials

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